Shirt-waist.



M. GOHN.

SHIRT WAIST.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1911.

1,090,452. Patented Mar. 17,1914.

WITNESSES v M IIVVEIVTOR.

ATTORNEYS MAX COI-IN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT-WAIST.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented ltlay, 1'? 1914,

Application filed April 8, 1911. Serial No. 619,638.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAX CoHN, a citizen ofthe United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Shirt-Waists, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to shirtwaists, and the object thereof is toprovide an improved device of this class which is simple in constructionand comparatively inexpensive, and which is adapted to be drawn on overthe head and secured at the neck and at the waist by draw cords orsimilar devices; a further object being to provide a garment of theclass specified which is composed of front and back portions only, saidfront and back portions being connected on the sides only, and withthese and other objects in view the invention consists in a device ofthe class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my invention are designated by suitable reference characters in eachof the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view showing my improvedshirtwaist and the method of using the same ;Fig. 2, a back view thereofFig. 3, a partial section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 ;Fig. 4, a partialsection on the line fir-4: of Fig. l;and, Fig. 5, a transverse sectionon the line 55 of Fig. 2, but showing only the garment.

In the practice of my improvement, I provide a shirtwaist a which iscomposed of one piece and the front and back portions of which areconnected under the arms, as shown at a in Fig. 5, and said garment isprovided with the usual sleeves or sleeve members a which are alsoformed integrally therewith. The neck portion of the garment is open atthe front as shown at b, and said neck portion, in the form ofconstruction shown is finished with a lace band, yoke or similar device0, in the top of which is placed a draw cord d which may be tied at thefront as shown in Fig. 1. The bottom of the garment is also providedwith a draw cord or tape 6 which may also be tied at the front, and withthis construction the garment may be drawn on over the head, and theneck portion, and waist portion, may be secured as shown in Fig. 1, bymeans of the draw cords (Z and 6.

Instead of the draw cord 6 at the bottom of the waist of the garment, anelastic cord may be employed, and in practice, the bottom waist portionof the garment is made large enough to permit said garment to be drawnfreely over the head and shoulders, and with my improvement all buttons,hooks, and other fastening devices are done away with and a neat andattractive garment is produced.

Although I prefer to make my improved shirtwaist of one piece, asdescribed, this construction is not absolutely necessary, and saidgarment may be made of a number of pieces if preferred, the distinctivefeatures being the method of forming the garment so that it can be drawnon over the head and secured at the throat and waist, whereby simplicityof construction is obtained together with a reduced expense of manufaoture, and whereby all fastening devices of the ordinary type aredispensed with.

While I have shown and described my improvement as pertaining toshirtwaists only, it will be understood that my invention is not limitedto this specific style of garment, as said invention may also beemployed in the manufacture of gowns or dresses, or other garmentscomprising a waist portion and a skirt portion connected, all that isnecessary in order to do this being to make the waist portion of thegown or dress large enough to permit of its being drawn on over the headand provide said waist portion of the gown or dress with a draw cord orelastic cord, as herein shown and described.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A ladys body garment composed of a front portion and a back portion eachformed in one piece, said portions being united at their meeting edgesat the sides of the garment, and having a waist portion of a sizesuflicient to permit the passage of the shoulders of the wearer, and aneck opening, the front portion provided with a vertical slit extendingdownwardly a short distance only and communicating at its upper end withthe neck opening to enlarge the neck opening temporarily to permit thepassage therethrough of the head, means for contreating the Waistportion and holding it in presence of the Subscribing witnesises thiscontracted position While being Worn, and 7th day of April, 1911. meansfor detachably uniting the upper edges of the slit adjacent to the neckopen- MAX COHN 5 ing. Vitnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing J AOOB IsIzAELsoN, as myinvention I have signed my name in BELLE WALLACE.

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